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PLOW SHARPENER. No. 327,590. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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JOSHUA 0. PRICE, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN WV. PRICE, MARSHALL SATTLEY, AND AROHIBALD SATILEY,

OF SAME PLACE.

PLOW-SHARPENER.

SPEQ'IFIQATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,590, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed January 21, 1885. Serial No. 153,570. (X0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnuii G. PRICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taylorville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plow Sharpeners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices for sharpening plowshares; and it has for its object to provide an anvil which may be conveniently carried to the field, and will efficiently serve its purpose.

The invention consists in certain novel fea tures of construction, which will be hereinafter fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of the opposite sides of my device. Fig. 3 is an edge View thereof. Fig. 4 is an end View of the device applied to a plow.

The head or anvil A is provided with a suitable handle, B. This head has abroad fiat hammering-face, A, and is cut away on its opposite ends at A, to provide points for attachment of the clamps or clips, presently described. These faces A are set back slightly from the side edges of the hammering-faces. Slots O, for the passage of the bolts D, are formed transversely through the head, opening out 011 each of the opposite faces A. These slots 0 are elongated in a direction at right angles to the plane of the hammering-face A.

The L-shaped clamps E are formed of the arms E The arms E are provided with an opening for the bolts D, by which they are clamped firmly against face A The arms E extend across face A, and preferably have their ends bent slightly up to permit them to be more conveniently applied to the plowshare in use, as will be presently described.

In use the device is applied to the base of the plowshare F, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Then by pulling out the handle B in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 the share will be held at its edge so tightly against the anvil-face by means of the clamps E. When so held, the share may be sharpened by hammering on the edge 00. By sliding the anvil along the share, or the share along the anvil, from time to time, as indicated in Fig. 4, the entire edge of the share may be properly treated. By means of the slots 0 the clamps may be adjusted so as to bring their arms E nearer to or farther from the anvil-face, in order to fit the device to shares of different thicknesses, as well as to properly set the clamps when the anvil-face is ground down, as will be described.

By forming the faces A back from the edge of the anvil-face A the latter is extended properly in advance of the clamps and of the share held thereby. XVhen one side of the anvilface has become worn or rough from continued use, the clamps may be removed to the other side, and when both sides have become worn the clamps maybe removed and the face A trued down on a grindstone, or in other desired manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a device for use in sharpening plowshares, an anvil provided with clamparms extended across a slight distance from and approximately parallel with its hammering-face, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the anvil-head having a hammering face, A, and faces A arranged at the opposite corners of said head, and set slightly back from the side edges thereof, and the clamps E, having their arms E removably held to faces A whereby they may be changed to the opposite side of the one of the arms of clamps E and through slots 10 anvil-head, substantially as and for the pur- 0, all arranged and operating substantially as poses set forth. 7 and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the anvil-head hav- In testimony whereofI affiX my signature in ing face A and face A, and provided with presence of two Witnesses.

slots 0, out transversely through the head, JOSHUA 0. PRICE. opening at its ends on faces A and elongated Witnesses:

at right angles to the plane of face A, the L- M. SATTLEY, i shaped clamps E, and bolts passed through W. M.PROV1NE. 

